You’ve got to love design that can multi-task. Offering 3 designs in one, the Totem rain shower column, made by Italian company Tender Rain, can be adjusted to give you three stylish looks. Boasting a masculine design, the Totem is a shower necessity for today’s trendy man. With a shower head that can be positioned in the center, off to one side or facing out toward you, this Tender shower column is sleek and cool in stainless steel, making it a study in sophisticated minimalism and ensuring it matches any bathroom decor. Perfectly balancing lines and shapes, the Totem will have you wishing you were dirty all the time! To see this shower design and others, visit Tender Rain.

The appeal of marble is truly timeless…and these Transparete tile designs from 14 Ora Italiana make the most of this stunning stone. The natural beauty inherent in marble is displayed at its best with the transparent tiles. The translucency makes it possible to appreciate the grain glowing from within, as light shines through the 3 cm thick marble. The large 92 x 213 cm marble tiles shown here lend themselves to certain applications – such as a room divider, a shower panel, or a countertop. 14 Ora Italiana have enhanced the classic marble material by adding the contemporary design twist, combining strips of opaque and transparent marble to great effect.

Pure, vivid light and color characterises the Water Therapy LED Shower Head from Guglielmi. Top quality Chromotherapy functions coupled with the massive rain-effect shower head makes for a memorable showering experience. Water Therapy LED shower is so effective because it incorporates 480 individual LED lights. That means that each drop is individually colored for incredible clarity! You can revitalise or relax with 9 mono-chromatic programmes and 2 multi-color programmes to suit you. The sumptuous showering experience is also within the European standard for water saving, for guilt-free pleasure. Contact Guglielmi – an Italian company with over fifty years experience.

If you’re looking for some spa like bathroom ideas, take a cue from Italian company Gessi SpA, and get inspired by the gorgeous Segni showerhead collection. The sleek, simple lines and chic finishes will stir your inner stylist to create a spa like bathroom you’ll never want to leave. These professional-grade luxury showerheads are an elegant bathroom essential, as lavish to the touch as they are to the eye. This collection of ceiling-mounted showerheads comes in round, oval or circular shapes, each equally fashionable with a contemporary glossy mirrored stainless steel or brushed stainless steel finish.

The Hansgrohe Raindance E Overhead Shower is for those discerning few who insist on ‘pleasure at maximum extension’. That is, the generous showerhead will actually cover the width of the shoulders to ensure a great all-over sensation. The ergonomically designed Raindance E uses Hansgrohe Airpower technology and two types of jet shower (the RainAir spray and the RainFlow flood jet) for a truly superior showering experience. The large-sized showerheads look good too, and with anti-limescale silicone jets they’ll stay that way long into the future. Great for any contemporary bathroom, the Hansgrohe Raindance E Overhead Shower is latest for 2009.

These eye-catching new shower columns are from Arblu. The dynamic character of the interlinking circles makes these shower columns a distinctive modern choice. Playful and reminiscent of vintage 1970s design, Doccia column is pleasantly puzzling (are the letters for the word ‘shower’ in Italian contained in the vertical circles?). Arblu, already leading in the field of the vertical whirlpool leave it up to you to figure out! The function of Doccia column, however, is easy to suss… a mini joystick serves as a mixer for ease of operation. The chrome plated lever and matching button manage the flow of water.